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self-assertingadjective having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitudea bunch of self-asserting upstarts who thought that they could buy their way into high society arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin(also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppity authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificatingcondescending, disdainful, patronizingimpertinent, impudent, saucysnobbish, snobby, snootyblusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vaingloriouscomplacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-upself-flattering, self-loving, self-promotingbrash, forward, uninhibited, unreservedextroverted(also extraverted), immodest humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious bashful, cowering, cringing, demure, diffident, introverted, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, self-critical, self-doubting, sheepish, shrinking, shy, subdued, timidacquiescent, compliant, deferential, meek, passive, submissive, unaggressive, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, yieldingquiet, reserved, retiring having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilitiesit takes a rather self-asserting person to start a business at such a young age assured, confident, secure, self-assured, self-confident collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, poised, recollected, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, unperturbed, unshakenhopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine, upbeatcomplacent, conceited, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-contented, self-important, self-pleased, self-satisfiedself-promoting, smug, stuck-up, vain, vaingloriousimperturbable, nerveless, unflappable, unself-conscious, unshakabledisciplined, self-collected, self-composed, self-contained, self-controlled, self-poisedself-reliant, self-sufficient diffident, insecure, self-distrustful, self-doubting meek, timid, unassertivehumble, modest, unassuming, unpretentiousjittery, jumpy, nervousbashful, demure, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, quiet, reserved, shyself-critical, self-reproachful, self-reproving having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goaljust the kind of cocky, self-asserting person that you'd expect a sports agent to be aggressive, ambitious, assertive, enterprising, fierce, go-getting, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant, pushy, self-assertive argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, disputatious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, trigger-happy, truculent, warlikehyperaggressive, overambitiousdynamic, energetic, gung ho, hustling, strenuous, vigorousemphatic, obtrusiveadventuresome, adventurous, daring, dashing, emboldened, gutsy, venturesome, venturousaudacious, bold, brash, brassy, bumptious, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, confident, determined, forward, impudent, insolent, overconfident, presumptuous, unapologetic, unsubdued, unyieldingbare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), feisty, scrappydominating, domineering, imperious, lordly, magisterial, overbearing ambitionless, low-pressure, nonassertive, unaggressive, unambitious, unassertive, unenterprising easygoing, laid-back, relaxedacquiescent, amenable, compliant, deferential, docile, resigned, submissive, tractable, yieldingcowering, cringing, groveling(or grovelling), shrinkingbashful, demure, diffident, humble, lowly, meek, mild, modest, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusiveobsequious, servile, slavish, subservient in 1821 |